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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 818628" data-attributes="member: 571">Re: Re: Me TooLeast you have some taste. Bad, but taste.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Any… …who, it all comes down to what works. Things are laid out in professional publications as they are because it works. Sometimes doing it wrong works better than doing it right. For the effect you want. In the long run you want to attract the customer, get him into the book, and get him to stick with the book. Sometimes the subject matter will do it. But most often you need an appealing graphic design, a good title, good layout, and compelling writing. You can succeed with three of the above, but with all four you could do well indeed.My preference runs to 1/2 inch outer and 1 inch inner margins, 36 or 48 point chapter titles (depending on font) with 18 point headers, 14 point sub-headers, and 12 point sub-sub-headers. Text in 10 Palatino (3 columns). Illustrations in the upper left corner or under the chapter title to start a chapter off. Incidental art to separate major sections, and an end-piece at the end of each chapter. A full page illo to fill an blank page between chapters.I always start a chapter on an odd-numbered page.Table of contents and index of courseYour mileage may vary.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />It all comes down to, as long as you enjoy what you're doing, and it sells.</blockquote>

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